restrictionism

American  

[ri-strik-shuh-niz-uhm] / rɪˈstrɪk ʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. a policy, especially by a national government or legislative body, of enacting restrictions on the amount of imported goods, immigration, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• restrictionist noun

Etymology

Origin of restrictionism

First recorded in 1935–40; restriction + -ism

Example Sentences

Once a lonely cause, restrictionism had grown into a mature movement — an intellectual ecosystem of sorts — with groups specializing in areas as diverse as litigation and voter mobilization.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2019

The magazine’s shift away from Brimelow’s brand of restrictionism was itself practically rather than morally motivated.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2017

Protectionism and immigration restrictionism have been the typical responses of nations to depressions before, in the 1870s, the 1890s and the 1930s.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2011

The U.S. has the naked financial power to break up restrictionism.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Common Market should move toward protectionism and restrictionism, it would undermine its own basic principles.

From State of the Union Address by Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)